Help needed.. inches off!!

[kallaste]

i just installed my hotblast furnace. minimum clearance for the stovepipe is suppose to be 18 inches from any combustables. I am only 16" from combustables.The stovepipe goes thrue basement block wall and angles down sharply about 2' and then into the furnace. Only about 6" of the stovepipe is not 18" away from the floor joists, Can I use foil backed fiberglass ductwork for a shield. Will the insurance company deny coverage? Also the forced air ducts are suppose to be 6" from combustables. Can I use the same heatshielding for this? I cant comply w/ the 6" clearance because you would bang your head on the duct everytime you walk accross the basement. The wood furnace is located 20' away from the central propaine furnace. any help or advice would be appreciated.

 

[spencerhenry]

use a heat shield. a simple piece of sheet metal with about a 1" air space between it and the pipe. my stove flue pipe is 12" from the wall, it is supposed to be 18". but by code if i put a heat shield on the pipe, i can cut the distance to 12"

 

[Billy_Bob]

When I installed my wood stove, I got a permit, had my work inspected, and my insurance company wanted to come out and inspect it. Both the building inspector and insurance guy checked clearances to the walls. The insurance guy took pictures to "send to underwriting".

I sleep better knowing that I will be covered by insurance should there be a fire.

I would contact the furnace manufacturer and be sure the clearances with a heat shield are OK (or might say in installation manual).

 

[turnkey4099]

The heat shield should get you by inspection. I would place it about 1/2 way to the joists though, less heat at the shield and still lots of room for air circulation above it.

In installing my stove I cut the clearances by installing concrete board spaced 1" from the wall on pipe standoffs and then faced with artivicial rock. That passed the insurance inspection with flying colors.

Harry K

 

[WoodTick007]

When I installed my wood stove, I got a permit, had my work inspected, and my insurance company wanted to come out and inspect it. Both the building inspector and insurance guy checked clearances to the walls. The insurance guy took pictures to "send to underwriting".

I sleep better knowing that I will be covered by insurance should there be a fire.

DITTO that..

My insurance raised $100 per year also.....

 

[JeffHK454]

I also installed a Hot Blast 1600 and have a clearance question. What if your using a stainless triple wall flue that goes through the house and ends between the floor joists where the stove pipe connects to it?

Ohio's furnace exhaust&ducting code is written so vaguely it difficult to decipher.